CrossBoundary Access

Building the electricity grid of the future in Africa, one connection at a time

Our Mission

Over 600 million people in Africa do not have power.

Studies show that mini-grids are the least cost method to bring electricity to over 260 million people, with the rest being connected through grid extensions and solar home systems (SHS).

CrossBoundary Access is on a mission to build a distributed utility for rural electrification in Africa.

At CrossBoundary Access, we believe that universal access to electricity is a vital step toward ending poverty.  Alongside our partners, we finance, own, and operate mini-grids and adjacent technologies that connect rural households, community institutions, and businesses to high-quality, renewable power.

We’re aiming to bring power to 1 million people by 2025 with our distributed utility – the grid of the future.

 

Our Solution

CrossBoundary Access is a distributed electric utility that raises capital for portfolios of solar mini-grids that it designs, builds, and manages

Our mini-grids provide households, community institutions, and businesses with clean, reliable, and affordable electricity

Mini-grids are infrastructure, so we use infrastructure finance principles to build the grid of the future

Our Approach

Raise

We raise and blend long-term infrastructure capital. This includes equity, debt, and concessional financing.

Design

We partner with developers to design mini-grids that provide high-quality power for households, community institutions, and businesses.

Build

We build infrastructure—we are a distributed utility with assets that are built to last.

 

Manage

We manage mini-grid portfolios to ensure they deliver high-quality service to customers and target returns to investors.

Open Source

We are open-sourcing our investment approach for mini-grids to accelerate universal energy access in Africa

What is Open Source?

Launched in 2020, CrossBoundary Access ‘open sourced’ the approach we and our partners developed to invest long-term, low cost infrastructure capital into mini-grids in Africa 

Why Open Source?

CrossBoundary Access and Shell Foundation explain why we are taking the next step in ‘open sourcing’ our financing approach for mini-grids to accelerate universal access to electricity in Africa

Explore our Resources

We are sharing the tools used to finance over $80 million of mini-grids in Africa

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Our Team

We are global experts on energy access

Portrait of Gabriel Davies
Nairobi, Kenya
Investment
CrossBoundary Access
Managing Director, Head of Energy Access

Gabriel Davies

As Managing Director and co-founder of CrossBoundary Energy Access (CBEA),…
As Managing Director and co-founder of CrossBoundary Energy Access (CBEA), Gabriel leads Africa’s pioneering project finance facility for mini-grids, mobilizing funding from bluechip investors like ARCH, Bank of America, and…
Portrait of Humphrey Wireko
Nairobi, Kenya
Investment
CrossBoundary Access
Managing Director

Humphrey Wireko

Humphrey is a Managing Director of the Energy Access team…
Humphrey is a Managing Director of the Energy Access team and a member of the CrossBoundary Group Council. Prior to joining CrossBoundary Humphrey worked at The Boston Consulting Group where…
Portrait of Lynne Wesonga
Nairobi, Kenya
Investment
CrossBoundary Access
Associate Director

Lynne Wesonga

Lynne Wesonga has a Bachelor of Science in Financial Engineering…
Lynne Wesonga has a Bachelor of Science in Financial Engineering from JKUAT. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Lynne worked as a Private Debt Associate at Gulf Capital based out of Dubai…
Nairobi, Kenya
Investment
CrossBoundary Access
Associate

Terry Otinga

Terry is an Investment Associate at CrossBoundary Access based in…
Terry is an Investment Associate at CrossBoundary Access based in the Nairobi office. Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Terry worked as an Associate Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in…
Nairobi, Kenya
Technical
CrossBoundary Access
Senior Technical Manager

Japheth Omari

Japheth Omari is a Senior Technical Manager at CrossBoundary Access.…
Japheth Omari is a Senior Technical Manager at CrossBoundary Access. He is based in CrossBoundary’s Nairobi office. Before joining CB Access, Japheth worked as the Senior Technical Advisor for mini-grids…
Nairobi, Kenya
ESG
CrossBoundary Access
ESG Manager

Flora Oloo

Flora Oloo is the ESG Manager at CrossBoundary Access. Before…
Flora Oloo is the ESG Manager at CrossBoundary Access. Before joining CrossBoundary Access, Flora worked as a Sustainability Specialist in emerging markets and across public and private sectors with ESS…
Lagos, Nigeria
Technical
CrossBoundary Access
Senior Project Development and Construction Engineer

Debo Dosunmu

Debo Dosunmu is a Senior Project Development and Construction Engineer…
Debo Dosunmu is a Senior Project Development and Construction Engineer at CrossBoundary Access. He boasts extensive experience in renewable energy engineering sales, design, construction, operations, and maintenance. His achievements include…
Portrait of Camilla Taylor
Nairobi, Kenya
Finance & Operations
CrossBoundary Group
Regional Portfolio Manager

Camilla Taylor

Camilla holds a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Economics…
Camilla holds a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Economics from the University of Nottingham and is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ACCA). Prior to joining CrossBoundary, Camilla was the Accountancy…
Nairobi, Kenya
Legal
CrossBoundary Group
Legal Counsel

Jane Nduati

Jane Nduati is currently Legal Counsel in the Nairobi office.…
Jane Nduati is currently Legal Counsel in the Nairobi office. Before joining CrossBoundary, Jane served as an Associate at both Anjarwalla & Khanna LLP and DLA Piper Africa – Kenya.…
Portrait of Tessa Dignam
Nairobi, Kenya
Legal
CrossBoundary Group
Senior Legal Counsel

Tessa Dignam

Tessa holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of…
Tessa holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts in languages and international relations from Bond University, Australia. At CrossBoundary Tessa is Counsel for the CrossBoundary Access, working…